For some reason it's always entertaining hearing what somebody traveling through Fresno thinks of Fresno.
Tacoma Rainiers radio announcer, Mike Curto, recently posted on his blog about how he uses the Fresno trips to catch up on his sleep. According to Mike...
"...there is nothing to do in Fresno, except go to the park and work. It’s too hot and smoggy to walk anywhere, and there really isn’t anywhere to walk to anyway. There is no nearby post-game bar scene to get caught up in. This is, in a word, a great trip for sleeping."
Man. Next time Tacoma comes though town, one of us has to take this guy around and show him all of Fresno. Apparently he thinks the area between his hotel and The Chuck is all there is.
Here, Mike talks about what we assume was the days when the Grizzlies played at Beiden:
"It was always 100 degrees and smoggy. The ballpark was worse than a Class-A stadium, with no broadcast booth and no air conditioning anywhere. The hotel was 20 minutes away, in a completely decrepit downtown area. The whole thing made me miserable – not to mention sweaty, stinky & gross."
Well, at least we're improving in Mike's eyes:
"First of all, after years of starts and stops, they finally opened their new downtown ballpark - and it’s a great facility, one of the top six or seven in the league. The hotel is strong, and you can walk to the park. We’re still in downtown Fresno, and it’s still kind of decrepit – but not as decrepit as it was 12 years ago."
That last line has given us the best tagline for downtown ever...
Downtown Fresno: Not As Decrepit As 12 Years Ago.
[Source: Archop's Twitter feed]
